Guy Hoffman vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Guy Hoffman
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup built a career as a starting pitcher and Guy Hoffman as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Guy Hoffman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.25 and WHIP 1.484 compared to 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. By the career numbers, Guy Hoffman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Guy Hoffman and Roy Witherup

Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
3.64
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.82
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.45
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.45
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.63
22.63
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
4.25
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1017
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
9.45
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.45
9.45
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.88
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
3.4
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
4.96
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.96
4.96
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.929
0.929
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.35
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1460
38.76
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.82
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.49
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.42
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.29
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.85
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.428
1.428
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.454
1.454
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1297
34.43
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.76
38.76
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Guy Hoffman and Roy Witherup

Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
3.64
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.82
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1017
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.06
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
1.3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.96
97.96
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.63
22.63
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Guy Hoffman and Roy Witherup

Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
138
1217.65
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
600
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
529.41
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
52.94
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
5
44.12
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.82
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.82
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.92
8.14
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
61.76
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
70.59
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
35.29
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
52.94
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
88.24
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.14
-10.03
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.65
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
19
167.65
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
3.58
3.58
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
52.94
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA